Wings and Strings, Striking Art Deco Etched and Gilded Cigarette Case vintage beatles drawing All in very good

All in very good

7" x 6 5/8"

It has endured very well

Or maybe she's come visit the long lost relative/recluse who lives within

states began to pass what indigenous Alaskans consider (and many others) consider overbroad laws banning the sale of all ivory

Wings and Strings, Striking Art Deco Etched and Gilded Cigarette Case vintage beatles drawing All in very goodNot exactly my usual thing, but I was completely seduced by this and could not walk away. It is a cigarette case, c. 1920s or so I believe, with a gold toned metal strap inside that is designed to be easily removed, such that it could certainly be used for other things. The material is some sort of hard plastic, celluloid or similar, but reads like etched glass, and for me this very much calls to mind verre eglomise patch and candy boxes of a century